Lumber receiving table for double-ended tenoner



May 12, 1953 H. H. DED@ 2,638,135

LUMBER RECEVING TABLE FOR DOUBLE-ENDED TENONER Filed June l2, 1951 ATTORNEYS Patented May 12, 1953 LUMBER RECEIVING TABLE FR DUBLE-ENDED TENONER Homer H. Dedo, Merced, Calif. Application June 12, 1951, Serial No. 231,240

2 Claims. l

This invention provides, as a major object, a novel table for the reception, support in side by sicle relation, of lengths of lumber dis charged from a milling machine; Jthe table being especially desi" led-but not limited--for use with a double-enrico tenoner employe to simul taneously cut multiple niortise and tenons on opposite ends of lengths of lumber'.

Another obiect of the invention is to provide a lumber receiving table which is particularly useful in connection with the handling,r of. relatively short lengths of lumber ol' varying longitudinal dimensions, as, for example, in the Methd of Producing Lengths oi Lumber by Fingerjointing, Serial No. 223,618, lileol Abril 28, 195i.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a lumber receivinrl table, adapted to be mounted beyond a milling machine, which includes a table section and a slidable table section; the latter normally `being iminefliately adjacent the machine but manually slidable at will to a retracted position clear of said machine so as to afford really and convenient access to the same for servicing, adjustment, or repair.

An additional object oi the invention to provide a lumber receiving table which includes a novel assembly or" transversely spaced, longi` tudinally extending rails on which the lengths of lumber are supported.; said lengths being uiovable from the slidable table sections to the fixed table section Without obstruction.

lt is also an object oi' the invention to provide a lumber receiving table which designed for ease and economy of manufacture.

Still another cb'ect of the invention is to provide a practical and reliable lumber receiving table7 and one which will be exceedingly elective .for tlc purpose for w ich it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the ollowspecication and claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a pian View oi the lumber receiving table as in use.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the saine.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross section on line of Fis. l.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the table is indicated generally at l, being an elongated strucn ture extending lengthwise beyond the discharge end of a clouble-endeol tenoner, indicated generally at The double-ended tenoner 2 is a substantially conventional lumber milling machine and includes a base housing; ii having a xecl platform li and a laterally adjustable platform E thereon; the latter platform being carried on Ways 6, and

adjustedwith respect to the iixed platform l-by means of a screw l actuated at one end by a hand lever t.

Each of the platforms i and carries an upstanding or Vertical airis, rotary cutter El, each driven from below the platform by an electric motor (not shown); the cutters 9 being designed to simultaneously mill multiple mortise and tenons, as at it, on opposite ends of lengths of lumber Il advanced one at a time on the platforms i and il between said cutters. Each length of lumber il is guided into the cutters 9 by guides l2 on said platforms; each length beine' advanced by lumber advancing or swing arms i3 which project upwardly through longitudinal slots I4 in the platforms ll and il. Such swing arms are carried on a cross shaft l5 which is in turn actuated by' a foot pedal i6. vWhen the foot pedal is raised, as in clotted lines in Fig. 2, the lumber advancing arms i3 are retracted, as also shown in dotted lines in said ligure.

Upon depression oi the foot pedal it from its dotted, line to its full line position, as in Fig. 2, the lumber advancing arms lil project the enM gagcu length of lumber il between the rotary cutters E and advance such length to a discharge position, as shown in full lines in said. the end-'niiled lengths of lumber reach the discharge end of the platforms G and 5 they transfer tothe immediately adjacent end'of the table i, whose structure is hereinafter described in detail. As the lengths of lumber Il leave the clouble-enzied tenoner 2 and, pass onto the table l, such lengths are automatically marked on top by a marking crayon carried on the lower enel of a forwardly and downwardly inclined swing arm IB; the latter being pivotally attached, at its upper end, to a laterally inwardly projectingr extension 9 on an opstanding nostril mounted at one emi ci the double-ended. tenoner 2.

The purpose or" such marking of the lengths of lumber il is not only to identify the same for longitudinal uimension, but to facilitate the maintenance of such lengths in proper order for subsequent handling in a process such as that shown in the above identified copending application.

The elongated table I onto which the lengths of lumber il transfer from the doublefended tenoner 2 is of exactly the same height the latter, and such table comprises a fixed table section 2l disposed in spaced relation to the double-ended. terminer` E and a slidable table sec tion 2t which normally occupies the space between said iixecl table section 2l and tenoner 2.

The xed table section 2| comprises corner legs 23 having lower end flanges 23o secured to the iloor; such corner legs being connected, at their upper end portions, by transverse ends 24 and longitudinal side beams 25.

Additionally, the fixed table section 2| includes intermediate cross bars 23 which are secured to andspan between the longitudinal side beams 25.

The top of the fixed table section 2l is ofv skeleton construction and comprises a pluralityl of longitudinal rails 21 spaced apart transversely with the spacing progressively increasing from one side to the other of said fixed table 2l.

The slidable table section 22 comprises outer corner legs 2B, an outer transverse end 29, and.`

elongated side beams 30; such side beams 30 being of a length, and spaced apart a distance, such. that they extend in face to face engagement with the longitudinal side beams 25 of the xed table section 2l. The elongated side beams 30 are slidable relative to the longitudinal side beams 25, and the former are supported from said beams 25 by supporting blocks or rails 3| aixed to the latter and engaging said beams from below.

With this arrangement the slidable table section 22 is movable from an extended position in abutment with the adjacent end of the double-ended tenoner 2, to a retracted position with. substantial space between said tenoner and the` outer end oi said slidable table section 22. The advantage of this arrangement is that it permits the operator to gain access to the discharge end. of the double-ended tenoner at such times as: may be necessary for servicing, adjustment, or repair.

By reason of the described structure, the slidable table section 22 is readily manually adjustable between its respective positions.

The slidable table section 22 includes an intermediate cross bar 32 secured to, and spanning between, the elongated side beams 30 but relatively close to the outer transverse end 29; there being a plurality of longitudinal, transversely spaced rails 33 which form the top of the slidabletable section 22. The longitudinal rails 33 correspond to and lap the longitudinal rails 27 of the fixed table section 2l, being secured to the outer transverse end 29 and intermediate cross ba-r 32, but slidably resting on the adjacent transverse end 24 of the fixed table section.

The longitudinal rails 33 have substantially the same progressive tranverse spacing as the longitudinal rails 27, but are offset laterally to the extent necessary to permit of the lapping of corresponding rails, as shown.

When the slidable table section 22 is retracted, the rlongitudinal rails 33 slide on the adjacent transverse end 24 and run into the fixed table section 2l alongside the corresponding longitudinal rails 21. The rails 27 and 33 are each tted, on top and for the full length, with a relatively narrow skid strip 34 which minimizes the friction drag of the lengths Il of lumber as they slide on the table.

From the table the lengths Il of lumber are manually removed and stacked on a carry-off truck or delivered to a carry-oif conveyor, neither being shown.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there has been produced such a lumber receiving table as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention, as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a de- 4 parture from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention the following is claimed as new and useful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

1. A table adapted t0 receive lumber from a milling machine, said table being elongated, projecting from immediately adjacent the discharge lend of said machine, and comprising a fixed table :section spaced from the machine, and a longitudinally slidable section normally occupying the space betweenv said fixed table section and lthe machine; and the slidable table section being retractible in the direction of and part into 'the fixed table section; the fixed table section including longitudinal work-supporting rails, and 'the slidable table section including outer corner legs, and longitudinal side rails extending alongside corresponding side rails of the xed table section; and means on the fixed table section slidably supporting the rails of the slidable table section.

2. A table adapted to receive transversely extending variable length lumber from a milling machine, said table being elongated, projecting from immediately adjacent the discharge end of said machine, and comprising la fixed table section spaced from the machine, and a longitudinally slidable table section normally occupying the space between said fixed table section and the machine; the fixed table section including corner legs, transverse ends connecting the legs adjacent the top, longitudinal side beams connecting the legs adjacent the top, and a plurality of transversely spaced longitudinal rails extending full length of said nxed table section and supported by said ends; the slidable section including outer corner legs, a transverse end connecting said outer legs adjacent the top, longitudinal side beams secured to the outer corner legs adjacent the top and extending therefrom to positions in slidable relation alongside the corresponding longitudinal side beams of the fixed table section; means on the latter supporting the longitudinal side beams of the slidable table section, and each table section including a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced lumber supporting rails xed on top thereof, and corresponding rails of the separate table sections lapping at adjacent ends. HOMER. H. DEDO.

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